Description Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Essential Oil Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark essential oil is a beautiful, perfume like lemon and lime aroma, gentle and soft, beautiful to relax with. Botanical name Eucalyptus staigeriana Ingredients 100% v/v pure Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark essential oil. Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Essential Oil Aroma A pleasant, fresh, gently sweet, lemon scent. One of the more unique and pleasant Eucalyptus aromas. Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Essential Oil Benefits Known for its antiseptic prowess, relief from troubled breathing in winter, air freshening, uplifting, relaxing, removes bad room smells and odours, calms noisy children. Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Essential Oil Uses Use in massage for relief from tired muscular aches. In an oil burner, air freshener, potpourri, massage oil, kitchen and bathroom cleaning, dishwashing liquid. In a bath, footbath, sauna, vacuum cloth bag, floor washing water, add to clothes washing, bathroom cleaning. MORE INFO on EUCALYPTUS LEMON IRONBARK Essential Oil Directions and More Uses Aromatherapy Oil 4 to 8 drops in an oil burner or vaporiser, 5 drops into a bath. Blend Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Essential Oil with Essentially Australia Oils: Eucalyptus Australiana Essential Oil, Kunzea Essential Oil, Rosalina Essential Oil, Australian Sandalwood Essential Oil, Tea Tree Essential Oil Massage 5 to 7 drops per 100ml of carrier oil. Main Compounds of Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Essential Oil limonene, geranial, neral, terpinonlene, para-cymene, 1,8 cineole and pinene. Precautions Lemon Ironbark Eucalyptus contains aldehydes and normal skin sensitivity cautions apply. Apply to the skin in formulations at less than 1%. Keep out of reach of children. Store away from direct sunlight. Store below 30 degrees. Other Common Names Lemon Scented Ironbark, Cape York Ironbark, Natural Occurrence in Australia Lemon Ironbark Eucalyptus trees naturally occur in the east coast region of the Cape York Peninsula in Australia. An area near the Palmer River on Cape York Peninsula is a stronghold of the tree. It grows to about 20 metres tall. Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Essential Oil Characteristics Very pale yellow to clear colour; watery consistency; fresh pleasant lemon scented oil, slightly similar to Lemon oil with a woody scent. Extraction and Farming Methods Lemon Ironbark Eucalyptus essential oil is sourced from plantations. The essential oil is extracted via steam distillation of the leaves and green branchlets. History – Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Traditional Usage Little is known of it indigenous use at present. The leaves may have been used to enhance food and the timber used for tools. Early European Usage Again there is little evidence of use by early European settlers. Typical Chemical Constituents of Eucalyptus Lemon Ironbark Essential Oil limonene 7-32% neral 8-12% terpinolene 7-9% para-cymene 4-6% 1,8 cineole 4-6% linalool 2-3% alpha-phellandrane 2-3% nerol 1-2% terpinene-4-ol 1-2% neryl acetate 1-2% Relative Density @ 20: C 0.871-0.985 Refractive Index @ 20: 1.4792-1.4818 Optical Rotation -26.4 to -37.5
